Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
KYIV, Ukraine, Jan 25, 2024 (AFP) – Ukraine’s SBU security service on Thursday opened a criminal probe into the downing of a Russian military plane that Moscow said killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Kyiv has not said whether captured Ukrainian soldiers were killed — or if it was involved — in Wednesday’s shooting down of a military transport plane over Russia’s western Belgorod region, close to the border with Ukraine. “The security service of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A 90-year-old American woman trudged six miles in a foot of snow with two walking sticks to get her coronavirus vaccination. Fran Goldman, of Seattle, had been trying frantically to get an appointment for her first shot, working the phones every day in vain, reports said. When she finally got one for last Sunday, Goldman was determined to keep her appointment — several inches of snow on the ground […]
(Eagle News)–The vice mayor of Batuan, Masbate was shot in Manila on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Reports identified the victim as Charlie Yuson III. Wilfredo Pineda and Alberto Alforte were also injured and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. In February, police raided the house and resort of Yuson and of his son,the town mayor, Charmax Jan Altajeros Yuson, in Barangay Canvañez, and confiscated high-powered firearms. The police had said they raided the places following […]
(Eagle News)–The mayor of a town in Bohol was shot dead on Sunday, May 27. Buenavista mayor Ronald Tirol was shot in a cockpit in Tagbilaran reportedly by three unidentified men around 3 p.m. He was rushed to the hospital where he died. Police have yet to establish the motive. Tirol was the son of the late Buenavista Mayor Leandro Tirol and former Buenavista Mayor Elsa Tirol.
Probe possible motives for killing (Eagle News) — There were more than three people who attacked Pasay Councilor Borbie Rivera, police said on Sunday, as they digged deeper into the motive behind the local official’s killing on a busy Saturday night. In a radio interview, Senior Supt. Tomas Apolinario, Southern Police District director, said though the type vehicle the suspects used to attack Rivera at SM Southmall in Las Piñas past 8 p.m. was still […]
(Eagle News) — A Pasay City councilor was killed after he was shot right outside the doors of a mall in Las Pinas City on a busy Saturday night. Supt. Marion Balonglong said in a radio interview that Pasay City Councilor Borbie Rivera was attacked near one of the exits leading to the parking area of SM Southmall past 8 p.m. The police official said he was on a wheelchair by Door 4 when a […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Senior Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was among several victims shot and wounded at a baseball practice ahead of an annual game between lawmakers in a Washington suburb, one of his colleagues said Thursday. Fellow Republican lawmaker Mo Brooks told CNN that Scalise was shot in the hip, adding that at least two law enforcement officers and one congressional staffer were shot in Alexandria, Virginia. Scalise, the majority whip who rallies […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Seventeen prisoners have been shot dead after a mass breakout at a jail in Papua New Guinea, police said Monday, with 57 still on the run. Inmates from the Buimo jail in the Pacific nation’s second largest city of Lae made a dash for freedom after breaking out of their compound on Friday, with prison warders opening fire. The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary said in a statement 17 were killed, […]
THOIRY, France (Reuters) — Poachers broke into a French zoo, shot dead a rare white rhinoceros and sawed off its horn in what is believed to be the first time in Europe that a rhino in captivity has been attacked and killed. The four-year-old male white rhino called Vince was found dead in his enclosure by his keeper at the Thoiry zoo and wildlife park about 50 km (30 miles) west of Paris on Tuesday […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — The Tunisian man suspected of carrying out the deadly Berlin truck attack was shot dead by police in Milan Friday, Italian media reported, citing security sources. Italy’s interior minister Marco Minniti has announced a press conference for 10.45 am (0945 GMT). According to the reports, the suspect, Anis Amri, was stopped in his car around 3am for what was a routine identity check. He pulled out a pistol and shootout ensued in […]
(Eagle News)– Suspected drug lord Melvin Odicta and his wife Miriam died on early Monday morning after being shot by an unknown suspect in Caticlan. Based on a report submitted by Aklan police, the couple was shot a few minutes after they arrived at Caticlan Jetty Port around 1:30 a.m. The couple was rushed to Malay Municipal Hospital, but pronounced dead on arrival. The Odictas met with the Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary […]
